Jesse prescott



(No Model.)

J. PRESCOTT. WALL TIE.

No. 524,531. Patented Aug. 14, 1894.

-UNI TEP STATES PATENT PRESCOTT & son,

or SAME PLACE.

WALL-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,531, dated August 14, 1894. f Application filed-Tune 4, 1894 Serial No. 513.464;- (No Model.)

To all whom 'it may concern:

.Be it known that I, JEssn'Pn sco'rT, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vebster,

in the county Worcester and State of Masssachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as I will enableothers skilled in the art to which 1t appertains tolmake and use the same.

Mym'vention relates to improvements in wall ties.

The invention will first he described in connectwnwith the accompanying drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of .one form'of wall tie embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a .rnoditication' of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspectavevxew, illustrating the manner in which the forms shown in- Figs. 1 and 2 are employed.

Fig. 4 shows'a third modification of a wall tie embodymgmyinvention. Fig. 5 is a detail View. i ljteferringto Fig. 1, it will be seen that this form of my improved wall-tie consists of a shank or central portion a one'end of which is bent to form an'e'ye' or loop, I), the extreme end a 'pro ecting at right angles to the'length of the shank a. .The intersection bfis hainmered down solas to halve the wires together as shown in Fig. 5. The opposite end at is also bent approximately at right angles tothe length of the shank but in a plane at right .anglesto the plane in which the end 0 lies. In connection with this form of wall-tie, a staple e or other suitable anchor device is employed.

In using this device which is intended especially for tying a brick wall to a wooden building or framework as shown MA, in Fig,

3, the loop-b is placed between the bricks and Y is held therein by the mortar, the end d proectinginward and hooking into the staple c which is driven into the wooden structure, In this manner the brick and woodwork are firmly bonded together.

While but a slightamouni of moisture can be conveyed across the air space between two walls bya tieof this-kind, as compared with that carried across'by'bricx headers as new an employed in building, yet it is frequently the case that in damp locations a certain amount of moisture will cling to the wire by capillary attraction and will run along it, and

'so cross the air space, more especially if the be somewhat inclined downward To set the bond wire bond wire toward the innerwall.

with a slight slope upward toward the inner;

wall requires more care and attention than are usually employed by the ordinary work- .man, and therefore under certain circumstances, a bond wire having a straight shank portion carries enough moisture across the air-space, ,to afiect the interior wall. For the purpose of overcoming this disadvantage, I construct the tie-wire as shown in Fig; 2, where it will be seen that the shank a instead of being straight at its central portion is bent first downward, as at a until below the axis of the shank, and then upward, as at or above the axis of the shank, and thendowuward to the axis of the shank. By this construction,

.the moisture, which may collect around the outer end of the wire, will run down the downward sloping portion a until it arrives at the upward bend, but being unable to move upward along'said upward bend a, will drop oil? 'or hang at this point in beads until a further accumulation of moisture makes the entire weight sufficient to overcome thecapillary attraction, whereupon the water will fall. The

upward bent portion 0; 'rendersit impossible for the thin vfilm of moisture, whichjmight cling to the wire, to be forced upward and across the air space by the hydraulic press-i ure ofthe-moistn-re 'behindit, for the latter can at'most, force the forward portion but a shortwayup the upwardbent portionandnot any higher than the axis of the shank.

vHence, the moisture cannot possibly cross a bond wire constructed as described.

At B, in Fig. 8, I have shown the manner inwhic'h this form of bond wire is applied tov a brick and wooden structure, further description being unnecessary.

While I have tlfus far described forms'particularly intended for use in tying a brick wall to a wooden wall or frame, yet it is ob- IOO vious that the bending-of the central shank a, as shown in Fig. 2, may be applied to a wall-tie or bond-w1re adapted for use in tying what I 'for which it was scribed.

two brick walls together, and when adapted to a tie of the character of the Morse patent, No. 392,744, by the peculiar construction of thebend, the tie will accomplish the purpose intended if laid with'either end in the outer wall or either side up.

Having thus fully described myinvention, claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-=- 1. As an article of manufacture, a walltie of wire having a central shank portion, one end being bent to form a loop the extremity pro eoting in the planeotthe'loop and at right angles to the length ofthe shank, the other end beingbent in'a plane at right angles to the plane of the loop and at right angles to the'length of the shank, substantially as de- 2. In a wall-tie, the combination, with a wire havlng a central shank portion and one opposite end being angles to the plane gle to the length of other anchor device i bent downward at right of the loop and at an anthe shank, of a staple or nto which the downwardbent end is inserted, substantially as described. v

3. As an article of manufacture, a wall-tie having a central shank portion which bends downward toward the inner end of the tie and then upward and downward, substantially as described.

4. As an article of manufacture, a wall-tie having a central shank portion which bends downward toward the inner end of the walltie and then upward above the level of the axis of the shank, and then downward to the axis of the shank,substantially as described. 5. As an article of manufacture, a wall-tie having a central shank portion bent downward toward the inner end and thence upward and downward, the outer portion being bent to form a loop and the outer end projecting laterally at right angles to the shank-axis, the inner end of the wall-tie being bent'at an angle to the plane of the eye and to the axis of the shank, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimonyiwhereof I afiix mysignature in 50 presence of two witnesses.

JESSE PRESCOTT. lVitnesses:

E. L. STILLMAN, OSCAR STRUMMING. 

